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NATIONAL 1. Consider the following statements about parliamentry standing committees : (a) Commonly known as miniparliament, these committees include numbers from all political parties and even independent MPs. (b) There are 31 members in each c o m m i t t e e - 2 1 from L o k S a b h a and 10 from Rajya Sabha. (c) T h e C o m m i t t e e s monitor the functioning of all maj o r central ministries and . departments. Which of the above statements are true? (1) only (a) (2) Only (b) (3) only (c) (4) All of the above 2. Consider the following statements about Lok Pal B i l l : (a) T h e submit their reports which are placed in both Houses of parliament. (b)The government is not bound to accept these reports, but generally it does accept some of the suggestions. (c) The Lokpal Bill has been reffered to the parliamentary standing committee for personel public grievances, law and justice. (d) H e a d e d by Rajya S a b h a Congress MP, Abhishek Singhvi, it has three months to give it report. Which of the above statements are true? (1) only (a) and (b) (2) Only (b) and (c) (3) only (c) and (d) (4) All of the above 3. Recently in news Teesta water deal between (1) India and Bangladesh (2) India and Nepal * (3) India and Pakistan (4) India and China 4. The central government on announced a 7% hike in the dearness allowance (DA) of its employees to give them relief from the near double-digit inflation ahead of the festival season. (1) 14 September, 2011 (2) 15 September, 2011 (3) 16 September, 2011 (4) 17 September, 2011 5. W h o of the following is regarded as "Father of Employment G u a r a n t e e S c h e m e " and a postage stamp was released on his name by the President of India recently ? (l)KMMadhew (2) Kasu Brahmanand Reddy (3) Daulat Singh Kothari (4) Vitthal Sakharam Page 6. India has recently proposed to ratify the M A R P O L convention. M A R P O L is associated with ( l ) T h e Prevention of Air Pollution from Aeroplane (2) The Prevention of Air Pollution from heavy industries. (3) The Prevention of Air Pollution from Ships (4) The Prevention of Air Pollution from Power Plants. 7. Ministery of Health and Family Welfare has laid the foundation stone of the ESIC ParaMedical & Allied Health Science Institute the first of its kind in India at which of the following place ? (1) Pune (2) Gurgaon (3) Jaipur (4) Gulbarga 8. South Korea has become the country which had signed nuclear agreement with India after it got the waiver from the nuclear Supplier' Group (NSG) in 2008. (1) eighth (2) ninth (3) eleventh (4) None of these 9. Which of the following fertilizers has been declared by Government as explosive under the Explosive Act 1884 over its frequent use by terror groups in making bombs ? (1) ammonium sulphate (2) ammonium cloride (3) ammonium nitrate (4) potassium sulphate 10. W i t h which of the following countries India has signed a comprehensive border management agreement ? (1) China (2) Myanmar (3) Bangladesh (4) None of these 11. The Union Cabinet has recently approved the proposal for the Enactment of a new legislation Introduction of the Benami Transactions (Prohibition) Bill, 2011 in place of Benami Transactions (Prohibition) Act, 1988. Which of the following will not be considered as behami transaction under the new legislation ? (1) Properties acquired by an individual in. the name of spouse

(2) Properties acquired by an individual in the name of brother or sister (3) Both 1 and 2 (4) Properties held a co-parcener in the Hindu undivided family. 12. A m e n d m e n t to the Consitution (One hundred and Tenth Amendement) Bill, 2009 is associated with (1) enhancing reservation for w o m e n in Panchayats at village level from l / 3 r d to at least 50%. (2) enhancing reservation for w o m e n in Panchayats at block level from 1 /3rd to at least 50% (3) enhancing reservation for women in Panchayats at all tiers from 1 / 3 r d to at least 50%. (4) None of these 13. Consider the following statements about National Agriculture Insurance Scheme (NAIS). (A) The Scheme is being implemented in the country from Rabi 2004-2005 season. (B)Agriculture Insurance Company of India Ltd. (AIC) is the Implementing Agency. (C)The scheme is available to all the farmers loanee and non-loanee-irrespective of their size of holding. (D)The N A I S , at present, is u n d e r o p e r a t i o n i n all states and Union Territories Which of the statements given above is/are true ? (1) only A and B (2) Only B and C (3) Only C and D (4) Only A and D 14. W h i c h of the following programmes is being implemented in all the districts of the country ? (1) Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (2) NavodayaVidyalaya (3) Altra Mega Power Project (4) R a j i v G a n d h i G r a m e e n \ Vidyuthikaran

15. President of India Pratibha Patil visited South Korea as part of. (1) India's look East policy (2) India's look West policy (3) India's look North policy (4) India's look South policy 16. Consider the following energy sector (A) Solar Energy (B) Nuclear Energy (C) Tidal Energy (D) Wind Energy (E) Bio-fuels Which of the above areas been identified for co-operation between the U S A and India under the Indo-US Energy Dialogue (1) Only A, B and C (2) Only A, C and D (3) Only A, C and E (4) Only A, D and E 17. Consider the following statements (A) 'PRAHAAR' is a surface to surface Missile (B) 'PRAHAAR' has a range of 150 kms. (C) ' P R A H A A R ' M i s s i l e has b e e n acquired by India from United State of America. Which of the statements given above is/are true ? (1) Only A and B (2) Only B and C (3) Only A and C (4) All A, B and C 18. Which of the following northeast asian countries India has recently signed a defence cooperation pact ? (1) Malaysia (2) Mongolia (3) Myanmar (4) Indonesia 19. Consider the following statements about the software project 'SANGAM'. (A) T h i s p r o j e c t h a s b e e n launched by Controller G e n e r a l of D e f e n c e accounts. (B) 'SANGAM'software will be use for issuing salary payment orders (C) This will provide Management Information System

( M I S ) to the financial planners in the ministry of Defence Which of the statements given above is/are true ? (1) Only A and B (2) Only B and C (3) Only A and C (4) All A, B a n d C 20. Consider the following statements (A) Megha-Tropiques, is an advanced weather and climate research satellite. (B) Megha-Tropiques is a joint atmospheric satellite mission of India (ISRO) and Russia (Roscosmos) ( C ) M e g h a - T r o p i q u e s will be l a u n c h e d b y I S R O from Shriharikota Which of the statements given above i s / a r e not true ? (1) Only A (2) Only B (3) Only C (4) Only A and C 21. Suresh Tendulkar Committee is related to (1) Environment (2) Tax Reform (3) Agriculture (4) Poverty 22. T h e Union Cabinet approved the proposal of for introduction of a new Central Sector Plan Scheme titled NoneLopsable Central Pool of Resources-Central. . (1) Ministry of Panchayati Raj (2) Ministry of Rural Development (3) Ministry of Tourism (4) Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region. 23. India and Lesotho Sign MoU on Co-operation in (1) Rural Development (2) Women Empowerment (3) Education Development (4) Renewable Energy Sector 24. W h o among the following Chief Minister has decided to introduce the concept of "Gross National Happiness" a concept of measuring prosperity is so far unique to Bhutan, as a development index in his state recently ?

( l ) T a r u n Gogoi (2) Pawan Chamling (3) Mamta Bannerjee (4) Nitish Kumar 25. C h i n a is the single l a r g e s t holder of U.S. Treasury Bills (T-Bills) with an exposure of over $ 1.15 trillion. W h a t is India's position and h o w much. T-bills does the Indian government hold ? (1) 5th, 76 billion doller (2) 8th, 69 billion dollar (3) 11th, 52 billion dollar (4) 14th, 41 billion dollar 26. T h e N a t i o n a l Rural H e a l t h Mission (NRHM) has decided to utilise the services of A c credited Social Health Activities (ASHAs) for. (1) Checking malnutrition by providing nutritional supplements to infants in BPL families. (2) Keeping a watch over gender selection clinics in rural and urban areas (3) Providing family planning services of homes of bene* ficiaries. (4) Popularising initiatives taken by Central Government under Rashtriya Swasthya Bima yojana. 27. Which metro city has the highest share of its tand covered with wetlands according to the Atlas of Wetlands released by the Union Ministry of environment recently ?
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(1) Mumbai (2) Kolkata (3) Chennai (4) Delhi 28. The Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution requested the HRD Ministry to include a subject on which of the following in s y l l a b u s of S e c o n d a r y and higher Secondary curriculum recently ? (1) Low-colorie food (2) Medicinal plants (3) Organic farming (4) Food Wastage

29. W h i c h of the following proposed legislation envisages setting up of a Data Protection Authority of India (DPAI) ? ( l ) L o k Pal Bill (2) Land Acquisition Bill (3) Right to Privacy Bill (4) Goods and Service Tax Bill 30. The Central Vigilance Commission submits its annual report to w h o among the following ? (1) President of India (2) Prime Minister (3) Union Home Minister (4) CAG 31. W h i c h c a t e g o r y o f p o w e r projects will no longer require environmental clearance acc o r d i n g to a d e c i s i o n announced by the Environment Ministry recently ? (1) Nuclear Power Projects (2) Hydro Power Projects (3) P r o j e c t s u n d e r N a t i o n a l Solar Mission (4) Inter-State transmission projects. 32. Perspective Frontline Aviation Complex is a joint project between India and (1) Russia (2) Israel (3) France (4) USA 33. Which of the following statements about the draft Micro Finance Institutions (Development and Regulation)Bill 2011 is/are correct ? A. Only Micro Finance Institutions ( M F I s ) w i t h net owned funds more than Rs 5 lakh will be allowed to register. B. MFIs will be regulated by the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development. C. MFIs cannot change more than 24% as annual interest rate. (1) A only (2) A and B only (3) B and C only (4) C only 34. President Pratibha Patil recently visited (1) Mangolia (2) South Korea

(3) Both (1) and (2) (4) None of the above 35. India recently signed civil nuclear agreement with (1) Sudan (2) North Korea (3) Mangolia (4) South Korea 36. At which place, country's first fully airconditioned bus terminus has been established ? (l)Mohali (2)Pune (3) Hyderabad (4) Mumbai 37. Registrar-General of India and Census Commissioner, C.Chandramouli released statistics on i m p o r t a n t health indicators in July 2011. Which of the following Millennium Development Goals (MDG) targets to be achieved by 2015 by India is not are correctly matched ? I. M a t e r n a l Mortality Ratio (IMR)-121 II. Infant Mortality Rate (IMR) - 28 III. U n d e r 5 M o r t a l i t y R a t e (USMR) -42 (1) I and II only (2) II only (3) II and III only (4) I and III only 38. i W h i c h of the following w a s superseded by the Government and its, functions have been taken over by the H D R Ministery because of concerns over its functioning recently ? (1) National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) (2) University Grants Commission U G C (3) National Council for Teacher Education (NCT) (4) All India Council for Technical Education (AICTS) 39. India has ercently signed is M o U to rebuild a port with (1) Thailand (2) Sri Lanka (3) Myanmar (4) Maldives 40. Under the Food Security Bill as approved by Union Cabinet recently, which of the following statement incorrect ?

( l ) T h i s Bill seeks to entille 75% B P L (Below Poverty Line) to heavily subsidised food. (2) The Bill entitles 50% of urban population to heavily subsidised foodgrain. (3) The Bill in totality entitles 68% of country's population to food security. (4) Under the provision of Bill, each beneficiary under the BPL will be given 10 kg of foodgrains. 41. The Union Cabinet has given its formal approval for increasing the amount under M P L A D (Member of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme) from Rs. 2 crore to (1) Rs. 6 crore (2) Rs. 5 crore (3) Rs. 7 crore (4) Rs. 8 crore 42. Recently Supreme Court ordered the Constitution of Special Investigation T e a m on (1) Corruption (2) Telangana issue" (3) Black Money (4) None of the above 43. Lok Pal Bill as cleared by the cabinet recently keep outside its purview (1) Prime Minister (2) The higher judiciary (3) Conduct of MPs inside Parliament (4) All of the above

Which of the above statements are true ? (1) Only (a) (2) Only (b) (3) Both (a) and (b) (4) None of these 45. Helle Thorning-Schmidt is the new Prime Minister of (l)Halland (2) Poland (3) D e n m a r k ' (4) Spain 46. In Nepal, the Parliamentary Special Committee, has directed the government to make public the deal signed between the non-government organization Asia Pacific Exchange and Co-operation. Foundation and the United Nations Industrial Development Organization, U N I D O . T h e deal was associated with (1) Industrial development (2) Banking development (3) Lumbini development (4) None of these 47. Consider the following statements (A) Long March-4 B is a Chinese carrier rocket ( B ) ' H a i y a n g - 2 ' is a satellite launched by Japan to monitor the maritine environment. (C) ' Z Y 3' is a Civil Survey Satellite' to be launched by China by the year end. Which of the statements given above i s / a r e true (1) Only A and B (2) Only A and C (3) Only B and C (4) All A, B and C 48. China has launched its first aircraft carrier for a maiden run on 10 August 2011. China bought its aircraft carrier from (1) Japan (2) Australia (3) Russia (4) Isreal 49. Which of following country has recently banned Cannabis Product Including Kronic for 12 m o n t h s ? (1) Mexico

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44. Consider the following Statements : (a) Mohamed Nasheed, the 44year-old Prisident of Maldives, to reduce its carbon footprint because he says every such step is important for his island nation. (b) Nasheed is the subject of a documentary film. 'The Island President', which premiered at the just ended T o r o n t o International Film Festival and w o n the Cadillac P e o p l e ' s C h o i c e Award for the best documentary at the event.

(2) Brazil (3) New Zealand (4) USA 50. W h o of the following is the Chancellor of the Exchequer of United Kingdom ? (1) George Meson (2) George Osborne (3) Will Smith (4) None of these 51. Which of the following country has recently approved a draft law banning women from wearing veils that cover their faces in public ? (1) France (2) Spain (3) Italy (4) Germany 52. Which country has planned to set up a new nuclear safety a g e n c y under the Environment Ministry by April next year (2012)? (1) Russia (2) Iran (3) Canada (4) Japan 53. Consider the Following Statements (A) South Sudan is the 46th m e m b e r of the African union (AU) (B) Khartoum is the capital of South Sudan. (C) South Sudan got its independence from Sudan on 9 July, 2011. Which of the statements given above i s / a r e true (1) Only A (2) Only B (3) Only C (4) All A, B and C 54. Scientists has found the fossils of largest known cheetah w h i c h r o a m e d the planet Earth thousands of years ago in (1) Republic of Georgia (2) People's Republic of China (3) Republic of Korea (4) Nigeria 55. Consider the following statements '' (A) PAKSAT -1R a communications s a t e l l i t e h a s been launched by China ( B ) P A K S A T - 1 R will be used by Pakistan

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(C)The PAKSAT - 1R satellite has been designed and manufactured by Pakistan Which of the statements given above is/are true ? (1) Only A and B (2) Only B and C (3) Only A and C (4) All A, B, C 56. Which of the following country has recently banned smoking in public places ? (1) Bangladesh(2) Nepal (3) Sri Lanka (4) Bhutan 57. W h o took oath as the n e w Prime Minister of the Tibetan government-in-exile ? (1) Sandhong Renpoche (2) Dalai Lama (3) Lobsang Sangay (4) None of these 58. Which of the following countries is N O T a member of East African Community ? (1) Kenya (2) Chad (3) Uganda (4) Tanzania 59. Which of the following currencies is the official currency of Kosovo ? (l)Dirham (2) Taka (3) Dollar (4) Euro 60. W h o is the 11th Prime Minister of Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (1) Chaudhry Abdul Majeed (2) Raja Farooq Haider Khan (3) Asif Ali Zardari (4) None of these 61. W h o is the new Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea ? (1) Bill Skate (2) Peter O Neil (3) Sam Abal (4) None of these 62. The Pakistan Nevy has recently inducted its first squadron of indigenously m a d e unmanned aerial vehicles that will be used for maritime interdiction operation is coastal areas. The UAV has been named as (l)Uqab-I (2)Uqab-II (3) Taqab-II (4) Taqab-IV

63. Which country is home to the highest number of refugees in the world, according to a recent report by the united Nations High Commissioner for Refugees ? (1) India (2) Pakistan (3) Iraq (4) Afghanistan 64. Which country was allowed to export diamond from mines in its Marange region by the Kimberley Process recently ? (1) Sierra Leone (2) Botswana (3) Congo (4) Zimbabwe 65. Brazil's Jose Graziano da Silva was in news recently for his appointment as which of the following ? (1) Director General of ILO (2) V i c e - P r e s i d e n t of W o r l d Bank (3) Director-General of FAO (4) Secretary General of OECD 66. T h e Election Commission of India has established the India International Institute of Democracy and Election Management (IIDEM) with assistance from based International Institute of Democracy and Electoral A s s i s t a n c e (IDE(l). (1) Sweden . (2) Britain (3) Germany (4) Australia 67. Where was the Organisation of the Islamic Conference Council of Foreign Minister organised recently ? (1) Tashkent (2) Bishkek (3) Dushanbe (4) Astana 68. Which Latin American country has exited the UN Convention qn Narcotic D r u g s because the anti-drug convention classifies coca leaf on illegal d r u g ? ] (1) Bolivia (2) Brazil (3) Chile (4) Colombia 69. Uri Rosenthal, w h o came on an official visit of India recently, is the Foreign Minister of the world's 16th largest economy

(1) Germany (2) Israel (3) The Netherland (4) Portugal 70. Which of the following developed countries has interoduced a tax on carbon dioxide emissions of large companies ? (1) France (2) Britain (3) USA (4) Australia 71. Nabil al-Arabi was appointed as the new Secretary General of the Arab League recently. Which of the following statement about Arab League is/are correct ? I. It was founded in 1945 II. Its headquarter are in cairo III. The New Secretary General is an Egyptian (1) I and II only (2) II only (3) II and III only (4) I, II and III 72. 'Ya Haq' is a search engine being developed by : (1) Pakistan (2) Iran (3) Turkey (4) UAE 73. T h e annual Worluride Cost of Living Survey which ranks cities across the world on the basis of costs of various items ranging from food to transport to toiletries is published by a division of : (1) World Bank (2) The Wall Street Journal (3) The Economist (4) Financial Times 74. W h i c h major foodgrain producing country has proposed to host a global grain reserve to a v o i d p r i c e fluctuations under the auspices of the United Nations ? (1) India (2) Australia (3) USA (4) Ukraine 75. Which S A A R C capital hosted the 50th annual session of the Asian African Legal Consultalive Organisation (AALCO) organised recently ? (1) Islamabad (2) Dhaka (3) Kathmandu (4) Colombo

by Mitalee Jagtap Varadkar (3) Vijay Sharma and Saranya Ponvannan. (4) None of these Which of the above statements 120. W h o has been appointed the are true ? Solicitor General of India ? ( l ) O n l y (a) (1) Gopal Subramanium (2) Only (b) (2) Mukesh Ambani (3) Only (c) (3) Rohinton Nariman (4) All of the above (4) None of these 113. Who is the new Presedent of 121. Match the List-I with List-II India Semiconductor AssociaList-I tion ? (Television Programmes) (1) P.V.G. Menori (a) Kaun Banega Crorepati (2) Pradip K. Dutta (b) Saathiya Saath Nibhana (3) Ajay Kumar (c) Balika Badhu (4) Ashok Kumar (d) Pavitra Rishta 114. Which of the following is the List-II book written by Khushwant (Cable television) Singh ? 1. Sony (1) Magic Seed 2. Star Plus (2) My God Died Young 3. Colors (3) My India 4. ZEE T V (4) Turbaned Tornado Codes: (b) (a) (c) (d) 115. Which of the following is NOT 1 2 3 4 (I) a famous economist ? 3 4 1 (2) 2 (1) A m a i a S =n 4 1 2 (3) 3 (2) S.B. Mehta 3 1 (4) 4 2 (3)C.N.R. Rao 122. W h o is the writer of the book (4) None of these "Maharaja Hari SinghThe 116. W h o has been conferred with Troubled years" ? the V . V . Girl Memorial Award (1) Karan Singh 2010? (2) Harbans Singh (1) Mallikarjuna Kharge (3) Soli J. Sorabjee (2) Ravi Mathur (4) Khuswant Singh (3) V.P. Chaturvedi 123. Supriya Nayak is related to (4) Dr. P.D. Shenoy (1) Odissi Dancer 117. The Chairman Economic A d (2) Bharatnatyam Dancer visory Council to the Prime (3) Manipuri Dancer Minister .... released the 'Eco(4) Kathakali Dancer nomic O u t l o o k 2 0 1 1 - 1 2 ' in 124.Who is the Miss Universe New Delhi. 2011 ? (1) A . K . Antony (1) Leila Bidin (2) Dr. C Rangarajan (2) Leila Lopes (3) S.M. Krishna (3) Xiang Hopes (4) Pawan kumar Bansal (4) Ximena Navarrete 118. Naved Massod has taken over 125. W h o received the first 'Roza as new secretory in the Samman' from vice president (1) Ministry of Defence Hamid Ansari ? (2) Ministry of Corporate Af(1) Manjunath Kamath fairs (2) Kumar Selja (3) Ministry of Culture (3) Jawahar Darda (4) Ministry of Agriculture (4) Khuswant Singh 119. W h o has been appointed the 126. The new Solicitor General of new Executive Director of India is world bank ? (1) Fali S. Nariman ( l ) P u l o c k Chatterji (2) Abhishek Manu Singhvi (2) M.N. Prasad

(3) Rohinton Nariman (4) None of all above 127.The n e w C e n t r a l V i g i l a n c e Commissioner of India is ( l ) T . K . A . Nair (2) Pradeep Kumar (3) Kalyan Banerjee (4) V . S . Hegde 128. The new Chief Antrix Corporation Limited is ( l ) K . T . Moraes (2) V.S. Hegde (3) Anil Kumar Browne (4) Rohinton Nariman 129. W h o of the following has not been conferred on the prestigious Sangeet Natak Akademi fellowship this year (2011) ? (1) Girija Devi (2) Natarajan Ramkrishna (3) Lachchu Maharaj (4) R.F. Dagar 130. Which Indian personality has posthumously been honoured with Bangladesh highest award ? (1) Lai Bahadur Shastri (2) Indira Gandhi (3) Narshimha Rao (4) None of the above 131. Which w o m a n has been honoured with first Mercy Ravi Award ? (1) Shabana Azmi (2) Sheila Dixit (3) Sharmila Tagore , (4) None of the above 132. Under Nagar Awards this year which Municipal Corporation has been adjudged the best run organisation ? (1) Vadodara Municipal Corporation (2) Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (3) Rajkot Municipal Corporation (4) Mysore City corporation 133. Prem Bhatia award of Journalism has been conferred on (1) Jyotirmoy Dey (2) Josy Joseph (3) Both of the above (4) None of the above

134. Which publisher has launched world's first electronic book on spices complied by India's K. Prabhakaran Nair recently ? (1) Elsevier (2) Routledge ' (3) SAGE Publications (4) Random House 135. Which of the following banks was founded 100 years ago by Sir Sorabji P o c h k h a n a w a l a and had sir Pherozesha Mehta as its first Chairman ? (1) Union Bank of India (2) United Commercial Bank (3) Central Bank of India (4) Corporation Bank 136. Which well-known economist author was in news recently for his multi v o l u m e English translation of the epic 'The Mahabharata' ? (1) BibekDebroy (2) Laveesh Bhandari (3) Swaminathan Aiyar (4) Gurcharan Das 1 3 7 . N a n d l n i S a n d a r is a w e l l known : (1) Economist (2) Anthropologist (3) Sociologist (4) Vocalist 138. 'Walking with the Comrades' is a recent book by which Booker Prize winning Indian writer? (1) Arundhati Roy (2) Salman Rushdie (3) Kiran Desai (4) Aravind Adiya 139. W h o is the new Deputy Governor of the RBI ( 1 ) H . R. Khan (2) V . S . Das (3) G. Gopalkrishna ( 4 ) D . K . Mohanty 140. Which company was w o n the Advertiser of the year award at the Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival recently? (l)Ford (2) IKEA (3) Proctor & Gamble (4) Sony

141. W h o h a s t a k e n c h a r g e a s Chairperson of the National Commission for Women ? (1) Yasmeen Abras (2) Girija Vyas (3) Mamta Sharma (4) None of these 142. W h o has been conferred With the Knight Grand Commander? (1) Sri Srinivasan (2) Prabhu Dayal (3) Sardar Upjit Singh Sachdeva (4) None of these 143. W h o h a s b e e n c h o s e n for B O S S Young Excecutives of the Year Award 2011 ? (l)ToshaThakkar (2) Anirudh Burman (3) Preeti Bajaj (4) None of these 144. India's most popular and respected playback singer has been chosen for the SwaralyaKairali-Yesudas Award ( l ) S h r e y a Ghoshal (2) Annupama (3) Lata Mangeshkar (4) Chitra 145. W h o has been chosen for this year's Sree Chitra Tirunal Award ? (1) Nirupama Rao (2)Jayanthi Natarajan (3) Sushma Swaraj (4) None of these 146. W h o of the following is chairman of n e w A u d i t A d v i s o r y Board (AAB) (1) Vinod Rai (2) Sunita Narain (3) Kalpana Morparia (4) None of these 147. W h o has been appointed the Interim Chairperson of Control electricity Authority ? (1) Rakesh Bhardwaj (2) Arvinder Singh Bakshi (3) Rakesh Nathu (4) None of these 148. Narman Anil Kumar Browne took charge as India's Chief of the Air Staff (l)23rd (2) 24th (3) 25th 14) 26th

149. W h o took over as the new foreign Secretary of India ? (1) Nirupama Rao (2) Shyam Saran (3) Ranjan Mathai (4) None of these 150. W h o is the Chairman of SEBI ? ( l ) U . K . Sinha (2) Anil Sinha (3) R.K. Singh ( 4 ) S . B . Rao 151. M. C. Joshi has taken over the chairman of. (1) Central Bureau of Investigation. (2) Central Vigilance Commission (3) Coal India Limited (4) Central Board of Direct Taxes 152. W h o has taken over as the secretary in the Ministry of Minority Affairs ? (1) Dr. Rajiv Kumar (2) Dr. K. K. Singh (3) Dr. Surjit Mitra (4) None of these 153. W h o h a s / h a v e been honoured with National Communal Harmony Award this year ? (1) Haneef Khan Shastri (2) Acharya lokesh Muni (3) Both of the above (4) None of the above 154. W h o is the new chairman of Indian Chamber of Commerce (ICC) ?' (1) Srivardhan Goyenka (2) Sanjeev Goyanka (3) K.C. Chakravorti (4) Purushottam Kaushik 155. Tripurari Sharan has been appointed the new Director General of (1) Prasar Bharti (2) All India Radio (3) Doordarshan (4) None of these 156. W h o took over as the Chairman Chief of Staff Committee ? ( l ) P . V . Naik (2) V . K . Singh (3) Swaroopkaur (4) Nirmal Verma

157. W h o has been appointed the new Chairman and Managing Director of power Grid Corporation ? (1) S.K. Chaturvedi (2) Deepak Sharma (3) R. N. Nayak (4) P. R. Singh 158. W h o has been appointed the new Chairman of Parliamentory standing committee on Personal, Public Grievances, Law and Justics ? ( l ) J a y a n t h i Natrajan (2) T.V. Gopalakrishna (3) E.M. Subramanyam (4) Abhishek Manu Singhvi 159. Who received the 44th Jyanpith Award from Amitabh Bachchan ? ( l ) A k h a l a k Mohmmed Khan 'Shaharyar' (2) Khushwant Singh (3) Namwar Singh (4) Gulzar 160. Match the List-I with List-II List-I (Most Influential in global finance personality) (a) Ratan Tata (b) Mukesh Ambani (c) Chanda Kochhar (d) Vikram Pandit List-II (Post and Company) 1. Chairman, Tata Group 2. GMD, RIL 3. CEO, ICICI Bank 4. CEO, Citi Bank Codes: (a) (b) (c) (d) (1) 1 2 3 4 (2) 2 3 4 1 (3) 3 4 1 2 (4) 4 3 2 1

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161.The first F I F A international friendly on Indian soil at the 1,20,000-capacity Salt Lake Stadium in Kolkata ended on 2 September, 2011 with crowd favourite Argentina beatinig Venezuela (1)1-0 (2)2-0 (3) 2 - 1 (4) 3 - 1 162. Jamaica's Usain Bolt, Yohan Blake, Nesta Carter and Michael Frater ended the world Championships in style, smashing new world record in the 4 x 100 relay, at the world Athletics Championships in Daegu, South Korea on ( 1 ) 4 September, 2011 (2) 5 September, 2011 (3) 6 September, 2011 (4) 7 September, 2011 163. Match the List-I with List-II List-I (Tennis players) (a) Karoline Wozniacki (b) Serena Villiams (c) Angelique Kerber (d) Samantha Stosur List-II (Country) 1. Denmark 2. USA 3. Germany 4. Australia Codes: (a) (b) (c) (d) (1) 1 2 3 4 (2) 2 3 4 1 (3) 3 4 1 2 (4) 4 3 2 1 164. W h o is the head of IPL Governing Council ? (1) N. Srinivasan (2) Lalit Modi (3) Rajiv Shukla (4) M.P. Pandove 165. Which of the following is not golfer ? (1) S.S.P. Chowrasia (2) Gaganjeet Bhular (3) Shiv Kapur (4) Deepak Verma 166. Which country won the Asian Champions Trophy (Hockey, 2011)?

(1) Pakistan (2) India (3) Malaysia (4) China 167. W h o w o n the Men's singles US open Tennis (2011) ? (1) Novak Djokovic (2) Rafeal Nadal (3) Roger Federer (4) None of these 168. W h o won the Women's Singles US Open Tennis (2011) ? (1) Samantha Stosur (2) Venus Williams (3) Sarena Williams (4) Mariya Sarapova 169. Match the List-I with List-II List-I (ICC Annual Awards (2011)) (a) Cricketer of the year (b) ODI Cricketer of the year (c) Emerging player of the year (d) W o m a n C r i c k e t e r of the year List-II 1. Jonathan Trott 2. Kumar Sangakkara 3. Devendra Bishoo 4. Stafanie Taylor Codes : (a) (b) (c) (d) (1) 1 2 3 4 (2) 2 3 4 1 . (3) 3 4 1 2 (4) 4 3 2 1 170. W h o won the Test Cricket of the year (2011) award of ICC Annual Award ? (1) Alastair Cook (2) Rahul Dravid (3) Jonathan Trott (4) M.S. Dhoni 171. Match the List-I with List-II List-I (BCCI Member) (a) N. Srinivasan (b) Sanjay Jagdale (c) Anurag Thakur (d) Treasurer List-II (Post) 1. President 2. Secretary 3. Joint Secretary 4. AjayShirke Codes : (a) (b) (c) (d) (1)1 2 3 4 (2) 2 3 4 1 (3) 3 4 1 2 (4) 4 3 2 r 1

172. W h o is the Chairman of Se- 179. T h e w i n n e r of the H a s h - 1 0 188* With which one of the follownior Selection Panel of BCCI ? National Championship (woming games, Uruguay's Diego en's billiards title) 2011 is Forlan is associated ? (1) Mohinder Amarnath (1) Uma Devi (1) Hockey (2) Football (2) K. Srikkanth (2) I. Lahiri (3) Snooker (4) Volley ball (3) Yashpal Sharma (3) Meenal Thakur 189. W h o won the Hungarian For(4) Kapil Dev (4) None of the above mula One Ground Prix 2011? 173. Match the List-I with List-II 180. W h o r e c e n t l y w o n G e r m a n (1) Sebastian Vettel List-I Grand Prix Championship (Senior Selection Panel of (2) Lewis Hamilton 2011? BCCI) (3) Jenson Button (1) Lewis Hamilton (a) Surendra Bhave (4) None of these (2) Fernando Alonso (b) Narendra Hirwani 190. W h o won the German Formu(3) Mark Webber (c) Raja Venkat la 1 Grand Prix ? (4) Sebastian Vettel (d) Mohinder Amarnath (1) Lewis Hamilton 181. Prerna Bhambri is India's leadList-II (2) Fernadon Vettel ing women's player in which (Zone) (3) Mark Webber sport ? 1. West Zone (4) None of these (1) Tennis (2) Squash 2. Central (3) Golf (4) Snooker 191. W h o won the sprit of Cricket 3. East 182. Australia's Michael Nobbs was Award of ICC Annual Awards 4. North appointed as coach of India's (2011)? Codes : (a) (b) (c) (d) national team in which sport (1) Alastair Cook 2 3 4 (1) 1 recently ? (2) Rahul Dravid 2 3 4 1 (2) (1) Hockey (2) Volleyball (3) M.S. Dhoni 4 1 2 (3) 3 (3) Basketball (4) Football (4) Kumar Sangakkara 2 1 3 (4) 4 183. In which one of the following 174. The winner of women's World countries county cricket Cup of football 2011 is Ground is located ? (1) Japan (2) Colombia (1) Australia (2) India 192. India's leading corporate hous(3) Argentina (4) Canada (3) England (4) Iraq es have kept the sale of 175. Navak Djokovic won the Wim184. Ranjan Sodhi is associated crore rupees worth of Carbon bledon 2011, Men's Singles tiw i t h w h i c h of the following Credits on hold. tle after defeating games sports ? , (1) 500 (2) 1000 (1) Andy Murray (1) Cricket (3) 1500 (4) 2000 (2) Shooting (2) Rafael Nadal 193. Consider the following state(3) Roger Federer (3) Badminton ments about indirect tax : (4) None of the above (4) None of these (a) The finance ministry is sure 176. The Winner of Wimbledon 2011 185. The next FIH-Champions T r o that it will meet indirect phy for w o m e n will be held Women's Singles title is tax c o l l e c t i o n s t a r g e t of at (Argentina) from Janu(1) Maria Sharapova 3.98 lakh crore rupees this ary 28 to February 5, 2012. (2) Petra Kvitova fiscal. (1) Rosario (3) Serena Williams (b) Despite industrial growth (2) Moreno (4) Venus Williams slowing d o w n to 5.8 per (3) San Juan 177. T h e W i n n e r of British open c e n t i n t h e first four (4) None of these Golf Open Championship months against 9.7 per cent 186. W h i c h country will host the 2011 is in the corresponding periICC Under-19 Cricket World (1) Darren Clarke od of last fiscal. cup in 2 0 1 2 ? (2) Arjun Atwal (c) The indirect tax mop-up in (1) Australia (2) England (3) Tiger Woods the April-August period rose (3) India (4) None of the above by 23.9 per cent to 1,57,725 (4) None of these " 178. W h o recently w o n the Indonecrore rupees. sian International Challenge 187. T h e 2015 ICC Cricket World Which of the above statements Cup will be jointly hosted by Badminton Championship are true ? Australia and 2011 i s ? (1) Only (a) (1) England (1) SameerVerma (2) West Indies (2) Only (b) (2) P. V. Sindhu (3) New Zeland (3) Only (c) (3) F. R. Harasiputra (4) India (4) All of the above (4) None of the above

ECONOMY

194. India Factoring, a joint venture between Punjab National Bank and Malta-based F I M Bank, is set to recieve.... crore rupees by December 2011 (1)50 (2)100 (3) 150 (4) 200 195 l a u n c h e d its s e c o n d 'made-in-India' car in the domestic market, midsize Sedan 'Sunny'. (l)Hundai (2) Tata (3) Honda (4) Nissan 196. According to IMF, the Indian economy would grow by a slower per cent in 2011. (1)5.8 (2)6.8 (3) 7.8 (4) 8.8 197. Consider the following statements : (a) 3.3% growth in India's factory output in July 2011, the lowest in 2 years (b) 7.7% GDP growth in Aprilj u n e 2011the lowest in six quarters (c) 9.2% annualised W P I inflation rate at the end of July 2011 Which of the above statements are true ? ( l ) O n l y (a) (2) Only (b) (3) Only (c) (4) All of the above 198. Consider the following statements about RBI : (a) 0 . 2 5 % , t h e i n c r e a s e i n Repo rate, the rate at which banks borrow from RBI, to 8.25% (b) 0.25%, the rise in Reverse Repo rate, the rate at which RBI absorbs cash from the banking system to 7.25% (c) 45 banks have raised lending rates since July 2011, by 0.25 to 1.0 per centage points Which of the above statements are true ? ( l ) O n l y (a) (2) Only (b) (3) Only (c) (4) All of the above

199. Government of India and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) signed a $ 315 million loal agreement for the State Highway Improvement Project (1) Karnataka (2) Bihar (3) Rajasthan (4) Goa 200. Total revenue of the Indian telecome sector grew by for financial year 2010-11 ( 1 ) 7 per cent (2) 11 per cent (3) 14 per cent (4) 15 per cent 201 C o c h i n S h i p y a r d Limited a Mini R a t n a P S U u n d e r the Ministry of shipping has declared and paid a dividend of .... for the y e a r 2 0 1 0 r l l . (1) Rs. 14.86 crore (2) Rs. 16.86 crore (3) Rs. 15.86 crore (4) Rs. 18.86 crore 202 W h o are considered Super Senior Citizen as per B u d g e t 2011-12 ? T h o s e w h o have completed a minimum age of. ( 1 ) 6 5 years (2) 75 years (3) 80 years (4) 90 years 203 T h e C a b i n e t C o m m i t t e e o n Economy Affairs approved an upward revision of the cost estimates for the on going centrally sponsored s c h e m e of Project Tiger during the Xlth plan period from Rs. 650 crore to of central assistance. (1) Rs. 1216.86 crore (2) Rs. 1316.86 crore (3) Rs. 1416.86 crore (4) Rs. 1616.86 crore 204 Pohang Iron and Steel Company (POSCO) is a company originally based in (1) China (2) USA (3) South Korea (4) Italy 205 Which of the following periods indicate 12th Five Year Plan period in India ? (1) 1997-2002 (2)2002-2007 (3) 2007-2012 (4)2012-2017 206 M . S . Rana, Chairman & Managing Director, Security Printing & Minting Corporation of

India Limited presented the maiden dividend Cheque for.... to the union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee for the financial year 2010-11. ( l ) R s . 115.43 crore (2) Rs. 215.43 crore (3) Rs. 315.43 crore (4) Rs. 415.43 crore 207. Which of the following countries is maker of 'Chevrolet Beat' car ? (1) France (2) Japan (3) U.K. (4) U.S.A 208. According to Swiss National Bank (SNB) the quantum deposits held in various Swiss B a n k s by Indian stands at about at the end of 2010. (1) $ 1.5 billion (2) $ 2.0 billion (3) $ 2.5 billion (4) None of these 209. Diagnostic chain.... will set up fifteen laboratories in tier-II and tier-Ill cities across the country through an investment of Rs. 15 crore in the current fiscal (1) Metropolies Healthcare (2)Thyrocare (3) Religare (4) None of these 210. K i n g d o m H o l d i n g Company h a s p l a n n e d t o b u i l d the w o r l d ' s t a l l e s t ( m o r e than 1000m high) Kingdom Tower in (l)Tabuk (2) Baghdad (3)Jeddah (4) None of these 211. Which company is at the top among Indian IT companies ? (l)TCS (2)Infosys (3) HP (4)Wipro 212.The Indian Entertainment and Media Outlook predicts that media and entertainment sector in India will g r o w at a CAGR of between 2011 and 2015. ( 1 ) 8 . 2 per (2) 10.2 per (3) 13.2 per (4) None of these

213. Which company has bagged on order worth $ 320 million for an engineering procurement, and construction project from Singapore's Jurong Aromatics Corporation ? (l)L&TProjects (2) G M R Projects (3) JP Projects (4) Essar Projects 214. With which of the following African countries the Export. Import Bank of India (Exim B a n k ) has entered into an agreement for extending a USD 20 million soft loan ? (1) Swaziland (2) Botswana (3) Ethiopia (4) None of these 215. The Socio-Economic and Caste Census 2011 was started recently. Which of the following statements is / a r e correct ? I. The hand-held data collection divice used in the census has been manufactured by public sector company Electronics Corporation of India Ltd. (ECIL) II. Wipro Ltd. will develop the M a n a g e m e n t of the data base of the census III. It w i l l be c o n d u c t e d by State Governments/Union Territory Administrations with the technical and financial support of the Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD) (1)1 only (2) I and II only (3) II and III only (4) III only 216. Which Indian mobile services company is owned by Malaysia b a s e d b u s i n e s s m a n T . Ananda Krishna ? (1) Spice Communications (2) Aircel (3) Uninor (4) Loop Mobile 217. Which consulting firm, in its report titled 'Banking in 2050", has forecast India to become the third largest banking sector by 2050 ?

(l)KPMG 224. As per 2011 census data, what (2)Deloitte percentage of Indian popula(3) Mckinsey tion resides in villages ? (1)58.5% (2)62.6% (4) Pricewater house Coopers (3)68.8% (4)71.3% 218. W h i c h of the following have been disallowed from opening 225. Which minimum value coin in India is n o w a legal tender branches abroad by the RBI money ? recently ? ( 1 ) 2 5 Paise (1) Private sector banks (2) Pension Funds (2) 50 Paise (3) Cooperative banks (3) 1 (4) Non-bank financial compa(4) None of the above nies 226. As per data released by World 219. Which qf the following is the S t e e l O r g a n i s a t i o n , India's power exchange being set up rank in world steel production by NTPC ? in 2010 is (ljBharat Power Exchange (1) First (2) Second Ltd. (3) Third (4) Fourth (2) National Power Exchange 227. P M E A C in its Economic OutLtd. look 2011-12 has revised In(3) Power Exchange India Ltd. dia's G D P growth projection (4) None of the above for 2011-12 form 220. W h i c h c o n s u l t i n g firm has ( 1 ) 9 . 0 % to 8.5% ranked. India 5th in its '9th (2) 8.5% to 8.2% Annual European Attractive(3) 8.5% to 8.0% ness Survey' as the preferred (4) 8.4% to 7.8% destinations for FDI due to the 228. As per the fourth advance escountry's high economic timates of foodgrains for the growth recently ? y e a r 2 0 1 0 - 1 1 , the total (l)KPMG foodgrain production stands (2)Deloitte at (3) Ernst & Yound (1) 232.07 MT (2) 235.88 MT (4) Mc Kinsey (3) 239.63 MT (4) 241.56 MT 221. Which Company is the supplier 229. T h e trade deficit in India durof coaches to the Delhi Metro ing the first quarter of 2011 Rail Corporation ? 12 (i.e., April-June 2011) stood (1) RCF Kapurthala at (2) Scomi of France (1) $ 29.6 billion (3) Bombardier of Canada (2) $ 31.6 billion (4) Siemens of Germany (3) $ 33.1 billion 222. The Socio-Economic and Caste (4) $ 36.2 billion Census 2011 was started re230. T h e new name of Hero Honda i cently. Which of the following is is not among the five highest priority categories for inclusion (1) Hero Corp in the BPL (below poverty line) (2) Hero India Corp list ? (3) Hero Moto Corp (1) Households without shelter (4) Hero Motors (2) Desututes/living on alms 231.According to W T O ' s World (3) Primitive Tribal Groups T r a d e R e p o r t 2 0 1 1 , India's (4) S C / S T household rank in service exports during 223. IRDA is associated with 2010 stood (1) Railways (1) 20th in the world (2) Insurance sector (2) 18th in the world (3) Telecommunication (3) 16th in the world (4) Banking (4) 14th in the world

232. Foreign tourists arrival in India during 2 0 1 0 registered growth of about (1)16% (2)20% (3) 22% (4) 24% 233. The centre of Monitoring Indian Economic (CMIE) has revised its real GDP forecast for 2011-12 form ( 1 ) 9 . 0 % to 8.6% (2) 8.6% to 8.5% (3) 8.6% to 8.1% (4) 8.5% to 8.0% 234. As per offical announcement India's average G D P growth during 1990-2010 stood at (1)6.6% (2)6.8% (3) 7.0% (4) 7.2% 235. Consider the following statements about export import : (a) India's A u g u s t 2011 exports rose 44.2% to 24.3 billion dollar year on year, (b) While import rose 41.8% to 38.4 billion dollar, (c) Leaving a deficit of 14.1 billion dollar. Which of the above statements are true ? ( l ) O n l y (a) (2) Only (b) (3) Only (c) (4) All of the above

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

236.'Rani Rashmoni' which recently came into news is India's (1) Patrol vessel (2) Missile (3) Satellite vechicle (4) Fast Attack craft 237. The oldest ship of Navy which was recently decommissioned is (l)Sharabh (2) INS Virat (3) INS Vikrant (4) None of the above 238. Recently scientists decoded the full D N A sequence genome of (1) Potato (2)Brinjal (3) Orange (4) Mango 239. W h i c h Public sector metals company is picking up a 4 9 %

s t a k e i n K a k r a p a r n u c l e a r 247. Consider the following statepower plant in Gujarat ? ments (1) MIDHANI ( A ) T - 5 0 is a fourth generation fighter plane (2) SAIL ( B ) T - 5 0 is a subsonic stealth (3) Rare Earth Ltd. fighter which is has been (4) NALCO jointly developed by Russia 240. How many of the global biodiand India. vesity hostspots fall in Indian ( C ) T - 5 0 made its first internaTerritory as per conservation tional public appearance in International ? August 2011 at the MAKS (ljone (2) Two air show in Moscow. (3) Three (4) Four Which of the statements giv241. Which multinational agriculen above i s / a r e true ? tural biotechnology corpora(1) Only A tion developed the genetically (2) Only B modified disease-resistant crop (3) Only C varieties such as Bt cotton (4) All A, B and C and at brinjal introduced in 248. Consider the following stateIndia? ments (l)Cargill (2) Monsanto ( A ) B r a h M o s B l o c k - I l l has (3) Bayer (4) Syngenta ability to engage inaccessi242. Bureau of Energy Efficiency's ble targets inside hillocks Star-Rating scheme for pro( B ) B r a h M o s Block-Ill has a m o t i n g energy efficiency in range of 500 km. Electrical gadgets is not com( C ) B r a h M o s Block-Ill has a pulsory for. single-stage liquid propul(1) Frost free refrigerator sion system. (2) Tubular fluorescent lamp Which of the statements giv(3) Air-conditioner en above i s / a r e true ? (4) Washing machine (1) Only A 243. Male Declaration refers to re(2) Only B gional co-operation in the field (3) Only C of: (4) All A, B and C (1) S a f e g u a r d i n g Shipping routes (2) Higher education (3) Immunisation programmes 249. The Parliament on missed (4) Air-pollution prevention its date with history after the 244. Oxygen is the most abunLok Sabha dropped the imdant element in the universe. peachment motion against (1) Second Calcutta High Court judge (2) Third Justice Soumitra Sen. Sen's (3) Fifth resignation w a s accepted by (4) None of these the president on 4 September, 245. NASA scientists had found the 2011. first evidence of following wa(1) 5 September, 2011 ter on which one of the follow(2) 6 September, 2011 ing planets ? (3) 7 September, 2011 (1) Mars (2)jupiter (4) 8 September, 2011 250. S h a r e s of a u t o major T a t a (3) Mercury (4) Venus Motors fell 4 . 1 % to Rs. 146 on 2 4 6 . T h e first Trojan Asteriod of the Bombay stock Exchange earth discovered by the scienon.. tists. What is its name ?- (1) 12 September, 2011 (D2010TK7 (2) 13 September, 2011 (2) 2010 KY7 (3) 14 September, 2011 (3) 2 0 1 0 Y X 7 (4) 15 September, 2011 (4) 2010 KT7

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(4) All of the above (4) All of the above 2. (1) India and Bangladesh 3. (2) 15 September, 2011 4. (4) Vitthal Sakharam Page 5. (3) The Prevention of Air Pol6. lution from Ships 7. (4) Gulbarga 8. (2) ninth 9. (3) ammonium nitrate 10. (3) Bangladesh 11. (4) Properties held a co-parcener in the Hindu undivided family. 12. (3) enhancing reservation for women in Panchayats at all tiers from l / 3 r d to at least 50%. 13. (2) Only B and C 14. (1) Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan 15. (1) India's look East policy 16. (4) Only A, D and E 17. (1) Only A and B 18. (2) Mongolia 19. (3) Only A and C 20. (2) Only B 21. (4) Poverty 22. (4) Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region. 23. (1) Rural Development 24. ( l ) T a r u n Gogoi 25. (4) 14th, 41 billion dollar 26. (3) Providing family planning services of homes of beneficiaries. 27, (1) Mumbai 28, (4) Food Wastage 29 (3) Right to Privacy Bill 30 (1) President of India 31 (3) Projects under N a t i o n a l Solar Mission 32 (1) Russia 33 (1) A only 34 (3) Both (1) and (2) 35 (4) South Korea 36 ( l ) M o h a l i 37 (3) II and III only 38 (3) N a t i o n a l Council for Teacher Education (NCT) 39 (2) Sri Lanka 40 (4) Under the provision of Bill, each beneficiary under the B P L will be given 10 kg of foodgrains. 41 (2) Rs. 5 crore

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42. (3) Black Money 43. (4) All of the above 44. (3) Both (a) and (b) 45. (3) Denmark 46. (3) Lumbini development 47. (2) Only A and C 48. (3) Russia 49. (3) New Zealand 50. (2) George Osborne 51. (3) Italy 52. (4) Japan 53. (3) Only C 54. (1) Republic of Georgia 55. (1) Only A and B 56. (2) Nepal 57. (3) Lobsang Sangay 58. (2) Chad 59. (4) Euro 60. (1) Chaudhry Abdul Majeed 6 1 . (2) Peter O Neil 62. (2) Uqab-II 63. (2) Pakistan 64. (4) Zimbabwe 65. (3) Director-General of FAO 66. (1) Sweden 67. (4) Astana 68. (1) Bolivia 69. (3) The Netherland 70. (4) Australia 71. (4) I, II and III 72. (2) Iran 73. (3) T h e Economist 74. (4) Ukraine 75. (4) Colombo 76. (4) Russia 77. (4) Australia 78. (2) South Sudan 79. (2) Nepal 80. (2) China 81. (4) All of the above 82. ( l ) G o a 83. (2) Pawan Chamling 84. (4) All of the above 85. (3) Raj as than 86. (2) Uttarakhand 87. (2) Haryana 88. (2) Gorkhaland Territorial Administration . 89. ( l ) S i k k i m 90. (1) Anna University 91. (1) Haryana 92. (1) Goa and Bihar 93. (2) Fazilka, Ferozepur 94. (3) Mian Altaf Ahmad 95. (3) Karnataka

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C4) B.V. Acharya ( l ) S h i v a r a j V. Patil (1) Madhya Pradesh (4) Madhya Pradesh (3) Haryana (2) Jharkhand (4) Nine (2) Kerala (4) Haryana (2) Rs. 1,200 crore (3) Haryana (3) Shrawasti, UP (1) Anurag Kashyap ( l ) ( a ) (b) (c) (d) 1 2 3 4 110. (1) Stephen Kelman 111. (3) A . D . Miller 112. (4) All of the above 113. (2) Pradip K. Dutta 114. (4) Turbaned Tornado 115. ( 2 ) S . B . Mehta 116. (4) Dr. P.D. Shenoy 117. (2) Dr. C Rangarajan 118. (2) Ministry of Corporate Affairs 119. (2) M . N . Prasad 120. (3) Rohinton Nariman 121. (1) (a) (b) (c) (d) 1.2 3 4 122. (2) Harbans Singh 123. (1) Odissi Dancer 124. (2) Leila Lopes 125. ( l ) M a n j u n a t h Kamath 126. (3) Rohinton Nariman 127. (2) Pradeep Kumar 128. (2) V . S . Hegde 129. (3) Lachchu Maharaj 130. (2) Indira Gandhi 131. (2) Sheila Dixit 132. (2) A h m e d a b a d M u n i c i p a l Corporation 133. (3) Both of the above 134. (1) Elsevier 135. (3) Central Bank of India 136. (1) Bibek Debroy 137. (3) Sociologist 138. (1) Arundhati Roy 139. ( 1 ) H . R. Khan 140. (2) IKEA 141. (3) Mamta Sharma 142. (3) Sardar Upjit Singh Sachdeva 143. (3) Preeti Bajaj 144. (3) Lata Mangeshkar 145. (1) Nirupama Rao

146. 147. 148. 149. 150. 151.

( l ) V i n o d Rai (2) Arvinder Singh Bakshi (l)23rd (1) Nirupama Rao ( l ) U . K . Sinha (4) Central Board of D i r e c t Taxes 152. (3) Dr. Surjit Mitra 153. (3) Both of the above 154. (1) Srivardhan Goyenka 155. (3) Doordarshan 156. (4) Nirmal Verma 157. (3) R. N. Nayak 158. (1) Jayanthi Natrajan 159. ( l ) A k h a l a k Mohrnmed Khan 'Shaharyar' 160.(1) (a) (b) (c) (d) 1 2 3 4 161.(1)1-0 162. (1) 4 September, 2011 163.(1) (a) (b) (c) (d). 1 2 3 4 164. (3) Rajiv Shukla 165. (4) Deepak Verma 166. (2) India 167. (1) Novak Djokovic 168. (1) Samantha Stosur 169. (1) (a) (b) (c) (d) 1 2 3 4 170. ( l ) A l a s t a i r Cook 171.(1) (a) (b) (c) (d) 1 2 3 4 172. (1) Mohinder Amarnath 173.(1) (a) (b) (c) (d) 1 2 3 4 174. (1) Japan 175. (2) Rafael Nadal 176. (2) Petra Kvitova 177. (1) Darren Clarke 178. (2) P. V. Sindhu 179. (1) Uma Devi 180. (2) Fernando Alonso 181. (1) Tennis 182. (1) Hockey 183. (3) England 184. (2) Shooting 185. (1) Rosario 186. (1) Australia 187. (3) New Zealand 188. (2) Football 189. (3) Jenson Button 190. (1) Lewis Hamilton 191. (3) M.S. Dhoni 192. (2) 1000 193. (4) All of the above 194. (2) 100 195. (4) Nissan

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RISK MANAGEMENT AND BASEL II AN OVERVIEW

RISK MANAGEMENT Banks, in the process of financial intermediation, are confronted with various kinds of financial and nonfinancial risks, viz., credit risk, interest rate risk, foreign exchange rate risk, liquidity risk, equity price risk, commodity price risk, legal risk, regulatory risk, reputation risk, operational risk, etc. These risks are highly independent/interdependent events that affect the bank/financial institution. One area of risk can have ramifications for a range of other risk categories. In view of this, banks are required to identify, measure, monitor and control the overall level of risks undertaken by them. Risk Management Function The broad parameters of risk management function should cover: (a) Organisational structure (b) Comprehensive risk measurement approach (c) Risk management policies approved by the board, which should be consistent with the broader business strategies, capital strength, management expertise and overall willingness to assume risk (d) Guidelines and other parameters used to govern risk taking, including detailed structure of prudential limits (e) Strong MIS for reporting, monitoring and controlling risks (f) Well laid out procedures, effective control and comprehensive risk reporting framework (g) Separate risk m a n a g e m e n t o r g a n i s a t i o n / framework independent of operational departments and with clear delineation of levels of responsibility for management of risk (h) Periodical review and evaluation. Risk Management Structure Each bank should set risk limits after assessing its risks and the risk-bearing capacity. At organisational level, the task of overall risk management is assigned to an independent Risk Management Committee. The purpose of this top level committee is to empower one group with full responsibility of evaluating overall risks faced by the bank and determining the level of risks which will be in the best interest of the bank. The functions of Risk Management Committee are essentially to identify, monitor and measure the risk profile of the bank. The committee also develops policies and procedures, verifies the models that are used for pricing complex products, reviews

the risk models as development takes place in the markets and also identifies new risks. Loan Review Mechanism (LRM) It is an effective tool for constant evaluation of the quality of loan book and for bringing about qualitative improvements in credit administration. Banks have, therefore, used Loan Review Mechanism (LRM) for large value accounts with responsibilities assigned in various areas such as, evaluating the effectiveness of loan administration, maintaining the integrity of credit grading process, assessing the loan loss provision, portfolio quality, etc. The main objectives of LRM could be to: (a) promptly identify loans which develop credit weaknesses and initiate timely corrective action, (b) evaluate portfolio quality and isolate potential problem areas, (c) provide information for determining adequacy of loan loss provision, (d) assess the adequacy of and adherence to loan policies and procedures, and to monitor compliance with relevant laws and regulations, (e) provide top management with information on credit administration, including credit sanction process, risk evaluation and post-sanction follow-up. Accurate and timely credit grading is one of the basic components of an effective L R M . Credit grading involves assessment of credit quality, identification of problem loans, and assignment of risk ratings. A proper Credit Grading System should support evaluating the portfolio quality and establishing loan loss provisions. Credit Risk Credit risk is defined as the possibility of losses associated with diminution in the credit quality of borrowers or counterparties. In a bank's portfolio, losses stem from outright default due to inability or unwillingness of a customer or counterparty to meet commitments in relation to lending, trading, settlement and other financial transactions. Alternatively, losses result from reduction in portfolio value - arising from actual or perceived deterioration in credit quality. Credit risk emanates from a bank's dealings with an individual, corporate, 'bank, financial institution or a sovereign. Credit risk may take the following forms: (a) Direct lending: P r i n c i p a l a n d / o r i n t e r e s t amount may not be repaid. (b) Guarantees or letters of credit: Funds may not be forthcoming from the constituents upon crystallisation of the liability. (c) Treasury operations: The payment or series of payments due from the counter parties under the respective contracts may not be forthcoming or ceases.